ep. 22: smokin on that... city of quartz by hotbox the cinema published on 2021-07-01T22:34:54Z on the latest hotbox we SMOKE HARDER with a discussion about the influence of john mctiernan's towering action inferno Die Hard. we talk bruce willis' contributions to divorced dad representation, the endless glut of die hard knockoffs in the 1990s, & the changing bodies of action cinema, & do a little theorizing abt skyscrapers. we also answer some burning listener questions about the bressonian gameplay of Dark Souls & the jrpg vibes of Fire Emblem, and in the Unboxing segment seth gets hellbent for leather with william friedkin's Cruising. it's like Die Hard In A Podcast Studio. go hard with a new mix from seth around 1 hour 35 hotboxthecinema@gmail.com @ HotboxTheCinema on twitter & instagram cop our merch at hotboxthecinea.bigcartel.com Genre podcast